Dhaka:
In contemporary incidents, eight idols have been vandalised in three Hindu temples in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh and Dinajpur over two days, a media report stated on Friday. Police have arrested a suspect regarding vandalism at one of many temples, The Day by day Star newspaper reported.
These are the most recent in a collection of incidents towards the minority Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh.
In Mymensingh’s Haluaghat sub-district, three idols of two temples had been vandalised early Thursday and Friday. Quoting temple sources and locals, Abul Khayer, officer-in-charge (OC) of Haluaghat Police Station, stated the attackers ransacked two idols of Bonderpara Temple within the Shakuai union of Haluaghat within the early hours of Friday.
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No case was filed and no arrests have been made within the incident but, he stated.
In one other incident, criminals vandalised an idol at Polashkanda Kali Temple in Beeldora union of Haluaghat early Thursday. Police on Friday arrested a 27-year-old man of the Polashkanda village over his alleged involvement.
Throughout interrogation, the person, Alal Uddin, confessed to the crime, stated the OC. He was produced earlier than a Mymensingh courtroom this afternoon, which despatched him to jail, he added.
Earlier Thursday, Suvash Chandra Sarker, president of the Polashkanda Kali Temple committee, filed a case accusing unidentified individuals.
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In Dinajpur’s Birganj sub-district, 5 idols had been vandalised at Jharbari Shashan Kali Temple on Tuesday. The incident got here to mild on Thursday, in line with the report. “We have by no means seen such an act right here,” Janardan Roy, president of the temple committee, was quoted as saying.
Officer-in-Cost Abdul Gafur stated they’re investigating the incident.
Final week, regulation enforcement companies arrested 4 folks for vandalising and damaging a Hindu temple and homes and retailers of the neighborhood in Sunamganj district in north Bangladesh.
On November 29, three Hindu temples had been vandalised by a slogan-shouting mob in Bangladesh’s Chattogram which witnessed protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked below sedition expenses.
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The relations between India and Bangladesh got here below pressure after the interim authorities headed by Muhammad Yunus got here to energy after deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the nation on August 5 following a student-led protest.
The relations deteriorated additional in latest weeks over continued assaults on Hindus, particularly after the latest arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former member of ISKCON Bangladesh and now, a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote organisation.
Final week, Bangladesh acknowledged 88 incidents of communal violence towards minorities, primarily Hindus, following Hasina’s ouster.
The rising variety of anti-Hindu incidents has led to a diplomatic row between India and Bangladesh.
Earlier, International Secretary Vikram Misri flagged regrettable incidents of assaults on minorities and conveyed India’s issues, together with these associated to the security and welfare of minorities, throughout his conferences with the Bangladeshi management in Dhaka.
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